A 43-year-old Chicago man is facing gun charges after Cook County Sheriff’s Police allegedly found him rolling a joint on the Red Line and then discovered a loaded pistol in his jacket.
Around 2:35 p.m. on May 31, deputies were conducting a routine patrol on a train car at the 69th Street station when they saw Kenneth Stapleton rolling what appeared to be a cigar stuffed with a green leafy substance, the sheriff’s office said Friday.
Stapleton was detained for violating CTA rules, and a records check turned up an active warrant connected to a forgery case, officials said. During a search, deputies recovered a loaded firearm from his jacket and learned that he did not have a Firearm Owner’s Identification card or a concealed carry license, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors approved a charge of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon later that day…